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Emily Gurnon, Health & Caregiving Editor at PBS’s Next Avenue website, wrote and produced this story with the support of a journalism fellowship from New America Media, the Gerontological Society of America and the Commonwealt......

...are more likely to suffer if they have a chronic condition than whites, according to a 2008 report published by The Commonwealth Fund .
Suffering in the study was defined as not being able to work or being limited in other activities.
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...are more likely to suffer if they have a chronic condition than whites, according to a 2008 report published by The Commonwealth Fund .
Suffering in the study was defined as not being able to work or being limited in other activities.
In......

This will impact millions of older Americans not yet eligible for Medicare (which is available at age 65). The Commonwealth Fund estimates that the percentage of uninsured Americans ages 50-64 fell to 9.1% this year, compared with 14%......

However, in a survey of the quality of overall healthcare in 11 developed countries conducted by the Commonwealth Fund , the U.S. came in dead last.
Dr. Don Berwick, a leader in the fields of healthcare quality and safety......

...if it is to fulfil its crucial role at the heart of the Commonwealth.
'DFID will link its future contribution to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation to performance improvements in transparency, results measurement, human resource......

...to health care.
The study is based on findings from a survey of patients and providers in 11 countries and one that the Commonwealth Fund has been conducting annually since 1998. Those 11 countries are: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Affordable Care Act exchanges became operational......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

...pre-existing conditions through a national high risk pool would cost an estimated $178 billion a year, according to a 2014 Commonwealth Fund report.
High risk pools were largely shut down after the Obamacare exchanges became operational in 2014.......

The Price plan would provide $1 billion in federal funding to help control costs for these pools. The Commonwealth Fund , however, a nonpartisan health-policy think thank, estimates that these pools would require well over $170......

The Price plan would provide $1 billion in federal funding to help control costs for these pools. The Commonwealth Fund , a nonpartisan health-policy think thank, estimates that these pools would require well over $170 billion a......

...of Americans between the ages of 19 and 64 were considered underinsured in 2014 thanks to high deductibles, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey.
As an increasing number of consumers realize they cannot afford to pay steep medical bills, many......

In addition, Republicans have expressed support for caps on spending per enrollee.
A new report by the Commonwealth Fund said that establishing limits on federal Medicaid spending would “effectively reverse a 50-year trend of......

...this year.
"What's more, the NHS was ranked the best and most efficient healthcare system in the world by the independent Commonwealth Fund , showing that we make every bit of spending count”.
Hospital beds per 1,000 population
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Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Commonwealth Fund and the Archstone Foundation. He has more than two decades of expertise in value-based care delivery and......

...expanded Medicaid, about 80 percent say they are somewhat or very satisfied with the coverage, according to a survey by the Commonwealth Fund .
Denise Martinez Gascoigne, 49, in Greenland, N.H., has been paying $1,130 in premiums each month for......

...of median household income in Massachusetts in 2015, compared with 22.5 percent of incomes nationally, according to the Commonwealth Fund , a health care research organization.
And while Partners has long been criticized for using its market......

...emotional distress, struggling to pay for care and skipping doctor visits, a new report finds.
The latest report from the Commonwealth Fund , which routinely points to the shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system, shows not much has changed in 15......

The report, published online as a Health Affairs Web First article, echoes prior Commonwealth Fund reports that found similar lagging conditions for American health relative to other nations. The countries looked at included Australia, Canada,......

...emotional distress, struggling to pay for care and skipping doctor visits, a new report finds.
The latest report from the Commonwealth Fund , which routinely points to the shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system, shows not much has changed in 15......

Families in Texas are feeling the pinch as they pay more for employer-sponsored health plans.
A new Commonwealth Fund study ﬁnds that rising premiums and deductibles are outpacing incomes.
That's important, because when people face a deductible......

Back then, 29.5% of Americans were either uninsured or underinsured, according to a study by the Commonwealth Fund .
Fortunately, based on what we know right now, that outcome seems unlikely.
A total repeal of the ACA......

...will not work — not without eliminating the provisions of Obamacare that most people want to retain.
A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund and Rand Corp. found that without repeal, an individual Obamacare policy would cost $3,200 a year on......

...people with low income or with health problems — and increase the long-term deficit by half a billion, according to a Commonwealth Fund study. But the ACA includes numerous other provisions, including coverage for those with pre-existing......

...people with low income or with health problems — and increase the long-term deficit by half a billion, according to a Commonwealth Fund study.
Plans sold through ACA exchanges tend to be the most prominent aspect of the law, especially with......

...of 8.9 percent this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
An analysis of Trump's plan by The Commonwealth Fund estimates it would increase the number of people who lack health insurance by as many as 25 million, and......

...of 8.9 percent this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
An analysis of Trump's plan by The Commonwealth Fund estimates it would increase the number of people who lack health insurance by as many as 25 million, and......

Last year, the survey showed 45 percent of workers were in such plans.
A separate report by the Commonwealth Fund , a non-profit health foundation, concluded that Arizona families pay a larger share of their income on......